Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Brigstocke makes his debut at the Giddy Goat comedy festival with his brand new stand-up show ‘The Brig Society’, direct from the Edinburgh Festival.
A stalwart of the comedy scene, regularly appearing on TV & radio, he has recently branched-out into the world of musical theatre starring in stage versions of The Railway Children and Monty Python’s Spamalot. Comedy fast and intelligent!
Marcus Brigstocke started his career in comedy while at Bristol University, as part of the Club Seals troupe alongside Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. He and soon won the 1996 BBC New Comedian Award at the Edinburgh Festival.
As well as his live work, he fronts BBC Four’s Late Edition, starred in short-lived BBC1 sitcom The Savages and is a regular on Radio 4′s Now Show.
His upper-class-twit creation, Giles Wemmbley Hogg has starred in two Radio 4 series, one about his travels to the Third World, the second revolving around the 2006 World Cup.
